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Bertock said: yep.. forgot to add in my post that they might make it another tragic Sunrise ending.. i mean, what happened to her after she tried going back? if she disappeared in the paradox, goodbye Hina..I find almost certain that Hina won't remember Aoba, for the simple reason that, at least in my opinion, she doesn't have any memories of him. The Hina we have seen at the end of the episode is Hina in an earlier moment than the one who went back in time to find Aoba. She will arrive to meet Aoba later, she will fall in love with him and in the end something will happen that will force her to go back in time also, i think that coupling doesn't only benefit Aoba for teaching him the mecha controls but i bet it also benefits Dio for adding Aoba's basketball reflexes and cunning to his already awesome piloting skills.. that's probably why Aoba ain't ordinary.. |
| I'm confused if Aoba's bordering on precognitive piloting abilities is a result of a nice coupling with Dio. They did mention that he wasn't normal and his numbers were off the charts. Oh boy, if it's related to a time loop bullshit this is going to be messy especially since we don't exactly know what happens to future!Aoba. |
| "Nice coupling" lol. Those fighting scenes were pretty cool. Was that Hina at the end? |
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| Just like I thought, the Hina that Aoba meet have disappear, Later he will meet with the current Hina, things happens, he tell her how she saved him in the past and about Dio, things happens, Hina went to the past, she protect the past Aoba,go to the future and disappear. And then the same thing happen again and again, unless something happen to break the time loop, we know Hina's fate T_T |
amc9988Jan 13, 2014 6:41 PM
| Keep feeling like they're trying to make us ship the two guys with all this coupling and marrage shit. For a second I thought we were gonna get mecha fusion scene with naked guys spinning in a sparkly background like in Aquarion. |
| Haha "Nice Coupling" and "First Proposing"? I see why this is called Buddy Complex. Loved the action scenes. Hina is the enemy? Interesting. |
| I think they just took the Mecha mechanism from Pacific Rim and used it in Buddy Complex LOL, XD |
| I'm not exactly sure whether my post will get read by those who're talking about Hina and time travel above, but here's my interpretation of it: The Hina in the current future doesn't know Aoba or Dio, and thinks of them as only enemies. It is only through later interactions with Aoba and Dio that she presumably falls for Aoba and goes to the other side (or the other way around). The Hina that saved Aoba from ep. 1 and sent him into the future has already gotten to know the two of them. One of two things could've happened with her. 1) Since far future Hina could not exist in the near future, far future Hina's existence gets wiped out after she entered the time warp with Aoba. In the far future, she's simply considered dead. 2) The same principle applies, but far future Hina gets bounced back to the far future to meet up with Aoba, who's eventually going to get to the far future as story progresses. Given how Sunrise loves to kill off characters at times, I wouldn't be surprised if we're talking about the first scenario, but I'm obviously hoping for the second. One thing we do not know and will not be able to know anytime soon is how or why far future Hina traveled to the past to protect Aoba, but I'm sure that'll be resolved later on. |
zannet_t said: I'm not exactly sure whether my post will get read by those who're talking about Hina and time travel above, but here's my interpretation of it: The Hina in the current future doesn't know Aoba or Dio, and thinks of them as only enemies. It is only through later interactions with Aoba and Dio that she presumably falls for Aoba and goes to the other side (or the other way around). The Hina that saved Aoba from ep. 1 and sent him into the future has already gotten to know the two of them. One of two things could've happened with her. 1) Since far future Hina could not exist in the near future, far future Hina's existence gets wiped out after she entered the time warp with Aoba. In the far future, she's simply considered dead. 2) The same principle applies, but far future Hina gets bounced back to the far future to meet up with Aoba, who's eventually going to get to the far future as story progresses. Given how Sunrise loves to kill off characters at times, I wouldn't be surprised if we're talking about the first scenario, but I'm obviously hoping for the second. One thing we do not know and will not be able to know anytime soon is how or why far future Hina traveled to the past to protect Aoba, but I'm sure that'll be resolved later on. Pretty good theories there. Sounds actually pretty legit. |
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| Not bad, but as expected, Hina is on the enemy side. |
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| so wait hina is his enemy |
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| Snickers. LMAO. |
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| This episode made up for the off tone start for me. Future isn't always what you think its going to be. :) |
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| This show is actually pretty damn entertaining, although I will reserve judgment until more of the plot has been laid out. Quite surprised that so few people are following this despite it being a mecha show. |
zannet_t said: because reverse causality and time travel paradox.. i'm serious..I'm not exactly sure whether my post will get read by those who're talking about Hina and time travel above, but here's my interpretation of it: The Hina in the current future doesn't know Aoba or Dio, and thinks of them as only enemies. It is only through later interactions with Aoba and Dio that she presumably falls for Aoba and goes to the other side (or the other way around). The Hina that saved Aoba from ep. 1 and sent him into the future has already gotten to know the two of them. One of two things could've happened with her. 1) Since far future Hina could not exist in the near future, far future Hina's existence gets wiped out after she entered the time warp with Aoba. In the far future, she's simply considered dead. 2) The same principle applies, but far future Hina gets bounced back to the far future to meet up with Aoba, who's eventually going to get to the far future as story progresses. Given how Sunrise loves to kill off characters at times, I wouldn't be surprised if we're talking about the first scenario, but I'm obviously hoping for the second. One thing we do not know and will not be able to know anytime soon is how or why far future Hina traveled to the past to protect Aoba, but I'm sure that'll be resolved later on. |
| Nice, classic (cliche?) progression for a mecha series. Leave it to Sunrise to try to appeal to both mecha fans and fujoshi at the same time lol. Nice coupling! Proposal! |
| 02:23 Silvertime!!! 12:28 so, they share senses too? 22:13 wuttt?? Well, yayy for Hina's kanbakku! 8/10. Gureito meka akushon. |
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zannet_t said: The Hina in the current future doesn't know Aoba or Dio, and thinks of them as only enemies. It is only through later interactions with Aoba and Dio that she presumably falls for Aoba and goes to the other side (or the other way around). The Hina that saved Aoba from ep. 1 and sent him into the future has already gotten to know the two of them. One thing we do not know and will not be able to know anytime soon is how or why far future Hina traveled to the past to protect Aoba, but I'm sure that'll be resolved later on. exactly what I'm thinking... |
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zannet_t said: I'm not exactly sure whether my post will get read by those who're talking about Hina and time travel above, but here's my interpretation of it: The Hina in the current future doesn't know Aoba or Dio, and thinks of them as only enemies. It is only through later interactions with Aoba and Dio that she presumably falls for Aoba and goes to the other side (or the other way around). The Hina that saved Aoba from ep. 1 and sent him into the future has already gotten to know the two of them. One of two things could've happened with her. 1) Since far future Hina could not exist in the near future, far future Hina's existence gets wiped out after she entered the time warp with Aoba. In the far future, she's simply considered dead. 2) The same principle applies, but far future Hina gets bounced back to the far future to meet up with Aoba, who's eventually going to get to the far future as story progresses. Given how Sunrise loves to kill off characters at times, I wouldn't be surprised if we're talking about the first scenario, but I'm obviously hoping for the second. One thing we do not know and will not be able to know anytime soon is how or why far future Hina traveled to the past to protect Aoba, but I'm sure that'll be resolved later on. I actually thought of the idea that the Hina at the end of the chapter has yet to travel to the past to fetch Aoba. The series is really entertaining and very promising. Looking foward to the next chapter. Also, I am the only one who think the animation is excellent? |
Soul-Master said: No you are not, its eye candy for sure, even the cgi is really well done and not super noticeable since they mix it in with regular 2D animation and only use cgi when its doing something too time consuming to make in normal 2d animation, which is how it should be usedAlso, I am the only one who think the animation is excellent? |
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| Hina's with the enemy and Bizon was the guy who tried to kill Aoba. Hmmm... Nice coupling and Proposal? The first thing that popped in my head was when Rika was reading mecha porn lmao! The fujoshis are having a field day. |
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| i think i get y this is called "Buddy Complex" now was that Hina at the end? |
antipurefaith said: i think i get y this is called "Buddy Complex" now was that Hina at the end? Ya. Also, the mechs look quite good in motion compared to their original designs. The 2 main mechs look pretty darn good transformed too. Very good action and combat this episode. Hopefully the quality can keep up. |
Ryusha said: I feel creepy with that "nice coupling" words when both of them are guy. I know how Dio feels about that "coupling" thing to transform the robots. :D I got a lot vibe about Gundam in this anime. Like the 2 fraction, the twist on characters from both side, etc. Well, I sense this'll be the better mecha anime this season and way better than Valvrave(I think), or maybe thats my wish. Well, its just the mecha(s) seems a bit odd for me. Oh well, I will get to use it soon tho. anyway, was hoping something's happen with that time-loop thing. I dont want the ending like Valvrave, frustrating ending. It's like they are already used to it especially since Dio's previous partner was a guy too (poor Marcus is gone). I'm also concerned that the time loop will cause problems to the story. This anime is otherwise looking really good. |
| Im not that into it. The last 5 minutes were kind of interesting. |
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| Looking forward to the "Watase Aoba, ikematsu!" scene once they make him into a pilot. |
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| Whoa! Hina's fighting with the enemy? What the hell?! Sent with Mal Updater |
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| Thoughts: 2:27 those uniforms are just like the ones from any gundam series 7:21 omg, 2 guys coupling!!!! Kyaaaaaaa!!!! 8:58 "Hurry up and conduct the Proposing!" kyaaaaa!!! 14:37 those particles from that turbine… it's just like the ones from Gundam 00 16:56 japan + english countries VS china + russia + others… sweet 22:28 wtf? Y is hina on the opposing side? D: --------------- Overall: 1. Nice to see the enemies' perspective 2. I actually bought all the fighting and music… maybe because it's from Sunrise 3. Story looks interesting: time travel x buddy coupling x mystery x cliff hangers. Ep2: 8/10 |
| Nice coupling? Proposal? Why do I feel this anime is also aimed at BL fans. Watase looks like a decent main character. Already expected that Hina will be the enemy judging from the OP and ED. I hope this will not be a trainwreck like Valvrave. Adding time loop/time travel stuff can get the story messy. |
MagitoJan 14, 2014 5:18 AM
| Wow, that end. Totally didn't expect that. Looking forward to the next ep! ^^ |
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| So hinas the enemy? So the previous Hina was from further into the future? Im guess when all this ends either Hina somehow survives from what happened previous episode or she cant break the loop and goes to the past just to die to fulfill the present, if so then thats sad cause they wont ever be together. Curious to see how Hina will become a main part of the cast since shes the enemy. |
| Going good so far. Conventional but makes sense and still enjoyable. |
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| nice mecha action ^^ so Hina was enemy? LOL |
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| Hmm if they share everything when they are "Coupling". Then what if the other person dies? 0___0 |
AnimeFan500 said: im guessing the coupling ends then, seeing how the marcus dude was apparently coupling with dio before id imagine he died whilst couplingHmm if they share everything when they are "Coupling". Then what if the other person dies? 0___0 |
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NotJizzyHitler said: AnimeFan500 said: im guessing the coupling ends then, seeing how the marcus dude was apparently coupling with dio before id imagine he died whilst couplingHmm if they share everything when they are "Coupling". Then what if the other person dies? 0___0 Phew. That's good to know. |
| awesome battle scenes this ep, so good :) ending really caught me off guard tho *_* hina whyyy ;; |
| I really find the mecha design utterly ugly. As for the episode, nice OP/ED. "Dio's Bradyon" ... The MC will probably show to Hina the hairclip so she will trust him and ect. Anything special so far, but it's enjoyable. Anyway, the gay-fusion reminded me Sousei no Aquarion's GATTAI. |
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